A lot of what we do at blnktag means showing people how to do things, like blog, use some piece of software, or edit a design template.  If you’ve ever tried, you probably know that describing what you’re doing isn’t that easy over the phone or in a text email.  And anyone who’s ever used the print screen key on a PC, copied the image into Microsoft Word, and emailed it to a friend knows it’s not easy to do using a PC either.

Two really great programs, only available for OSX, allow you to grab images from your screen or web cam and immediately post them online.  Skitch was the first one to fill this niche, and it has the added bonus of letting you easily edit or manipulate a screen shot to add emphasis to what you’re saying.  Here’s a demo using another great ap, Screen Toaster:

The other program, GrabUp, doesn’t have the features of Skitch but is amazingly fast and posts files to any URL you can log-on to using ftp.  Strongly recommended.